Orcon has determined to catch more customers who get through a lot of online audio and video.

Customers of Orcon ISP are getting free data downloads, from a consortium of local Web sites.  

Furthermore, customers of Orcon@home and Orcon@work broadband will be provided zero-rated traffic from seven popular sites and the company's own email servers. It has been confirmed by Orcon that it is mulling to grow the list of sites in the future.

Tvnz.co.nz, gamers.net.nz, biggie.co.nz, thealist.co.nz, georgefm.co.nz and the George FM live stream, the Orcon mail servers and Orcon's own Web site, Orcon.net.nz are the present sites with zero rated traffic from Orcon.  
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Orcon's chief executive Scott Bartlett said, "Essentially any data used on the sites that make up the O Zone doesn't count towards Orcon broadband users' monthly data cap - it is free data. That includes any uploading, downloading, streaming, or just general surfing done on the sites."

The benefits of the O Zone would automatically be gained by Orcon broadband customers who are on the Orcon@home and Orcon@work range of plans currently offered by Orcon and there is no requirement for them to do anything to enable it.

However no access to the O Zone sites would be received by Orcon customers who are on non-current or legacy plans.  

(via TopNews New Zealand. Contributed by Amiri Halberg)